2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues :

1. Confident claim, 5. Tootsie treat?, 9. Enclosed rhyme scheme, 13. Stone measure, 15. Modern-day home of Persepolis, 16. Godsend, 17. MEDALS, 19. "Cheers" bartender Woody, 20. Crafty inits., 21. Baseball pitcher's feat, informally, 22. Irritated, 23. They work through a lot of baggage, for short, 24. GOBI DESERT, 27. Quite some time, 29. Source of the Golden Fleece, 30. What doesn't look the best naked?, 31. Choir section, 33. Not so loud, 36. "SAY WHAT?", 40. Acting unconsciously, 41. Prevailing spirit, 43. Game piece in Mastermind, 46. Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short, 47. Spain's longest river, 48. NEOLITH, 54. "Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power"), 55. Lassie's owner on old TV, 56. Premier couple's retreat?, 57. Furtive laugh, 58. Troll's lookalike, 59. RUMMY, 62. Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861, 63. Medicinal form, 64. Word with screen or space, 65. Self images?, 66. Sleep restlessly, 67. Something passed down the line

Down Clues :

1. Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, 2. Sleeveless top, 3. Small marching band?, 4. Vote in opposition, 5. Word that can precede or follow "player", 6. Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age, 7. 41, to 43, 8. Popular crowd, 9. Top of the order?, 10. Foot warmer, 11. Young male lover, informally, 12. Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo, 14. Blue reef fish, 18. Heartache, 22. Reproductive cell, 25. Lover of Euridice, in opera, 26. Scratching post scratchers, 28. Middle-of-the-road, 32. With a clear head, 33. Zippo, 34. Sound asleep, 35. Formal ceremony, 37. About 2 1/2 pints of beer, 38. Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery", 39. Vikings, e.g., 42. "That'll show ya!", 43. Buns, 44. Tough nut to crack, 45. Fitness fanatic, in slang, 49. What seers read, 50. University of North Carolina team, to fans, 51. Pastoral poems, 52. Keanu Reeves role, 53. Stampeders in "The Lion King", 59. Spot-on, 60. Birthplace of bossa nova, 61. Joke

Thu Aug 22, 2024 NY Times Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: August 22, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Confident claim. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ICAN




• The clue is 5. Tootsie treat?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PEDI




• The clue is 9. Enclosed rhyme scheme. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ABBA




• The clue is 13. Stone measure. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: CARAT

  Possible Answer : karat, carat, kt




• The clue is 15. Modern-day home of Persepolis. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: IRAN

  Possible Answer : Islamic_Republic_of_Iran, Persia, Iran




• The clue is 16. Godsend. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BOON

  Possible Answer : boon, blessing




• The clue is 17. MEDALS. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: EMMYAWARDS




• The clue is 19. "Cheers" bartender Woody. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BOYD




• The clue is 20. Crafty inits.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DIY




• The clue is 21. Baseball pitcher's feat, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: NONO




• The clue is 22. Irritated. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: GOTTO




• The clue is 23. They work through a lot of baggage, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: TSA

  Possible Answer : Transportation_Security_Administration, TSA




• The clue is 24. GOBI DESERT. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: GEOLOCATION




• The clue is 27. Quite some time. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EONS

  Possible Answer : eon, aeon




• The clue is 29. Source of the Golden Fleece. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RAM

  Possible Answer : wad, random_memory, random-access_memory, Aries_the_Ram, read/write_memory, RAM, random_access_memory, cram, ram, drive, crash, chock_up, pound, Aries, Ram, tup, force, jampack, jam, ram_down




• The clue is 30. What doesn't look the best naked?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EYE

  Possible Answer : oculus, middle, centre, eyeball, eye, center, heart, optic




• The clue is 31. Choir section. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ALTOS

  Possible Answer : alto, countertenor, contralto




• The clue is 33. Not so loud. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SOFTER

  Possible Answer : delicate, diffuse, indulgent, sonant, easy, piano, subdued, gentle, diffused, voiced, soft, flabby, easygoing, balmy, flaccid, lenient, cushy, mild

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte, hard, hardened, unvoiced, loud




• The clue is 36. "SAY WHAT?". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (13 letters)

  The answer: ESSAYQUESTION




• The clue is 40. Acting unconsciously. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ONAUTO




• The clue is 41. Prevailing spirit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ETHOS

  Possible Answer : ethos




• The clue is 43. Game piece in Mastermind. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PEG

  Possible Answer : wooden_leg, oarlock, thole, tholepin, peg_down, rowlock, pin, nail, peg, stick, nog, pegleg, leg, nail_down




• The clue is 46. Legislative subject of the 2020 miniseries "Mrs. America," for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ERA

  Possible Answer : geological_era, ERA, earned_run_average, epoch, era




• The clue is 47. Spain's longest river. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EBRO

  Possible Answer : Ebro_River, Ebro




• The clue is 48. NEOLITH. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (11 letters)

  The answer: ANYOLDTHING




• The clue is 54. "Scientia potentia ___" ("Knowledge is power"). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EST

  Possible Answer : Eastern_Time, EST, Eastern_Standard_Time




• The clue is 55. Lassie's owner on old TV. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: TIMMY




• The clue is 56. Premier couple's retreat?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer : Shangri-la, promised_land, Eden, Garden_of_Eden, paradise, heaven, nirvana




• The clue is 57. Furtive laugh. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: HEH




• The clue is 58. Troll's lookalike. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OGRE

  Possible Answer : demon, ogre, monster, devil, fiend




• The clue is 59. RUMMY. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (10 letters)

  The answer: AREYOUGAME




• The clue is 62. Land that split from Zanzibar in 1861. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: OMAN

  Possible Answer : Muscat_and_Oman, Oman, Sultanate_of_Oman




• The clue is 63. Medicinal form. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PILL

  Possible Answer : tablet, anovulatory_drug, lozenge, contraceptive_pill, birth_control_pill, oral_contraceptive_pill, pill, anovulant, oral_contraceptive, tab




• The clue is 64. Word with screen or space. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SAVER

  Possible Answer : rescuer, saver, recoverer




• The clue is 65. Self images?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TATS

  Possible Answer : cheapness, sleaze, tackiness, TAT, Thematic_Apperception_Test, tat, intertwine




• The clue is 66. Sleep restlessly. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TOSS

  Possible Answer : thresh_about, chuck_out, discard, toss_out, put_away, pass, slash, thrash, convulse, thrash_about, toss, chuck, cast_aside, fling, pitch, throw_out, cast_out, sky, throw_away, cast_away, flip, dispose, jactitate, toss_away, thresh




• The clue is 67. Something passed down the line. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GENE

  Possible Answer : factor, gene, cistron

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Cold beverage popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: ICEDTEA

• The clue is 2. Sleeveless top. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: CAMISOLE

  Possible Answer: underbodice, camisole

• The clue is 3. Small marching band?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: ARMYANTS

• The clue is 4. Vote in opposition. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NAY

  Possible Answer: nay

  Possible Opposite Answer : yea

• The clue is 5. Word that can precede or follow "player". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PIANO

  Possible Answer: forte-piano, pianissimo, softly, piano, soft, pianoforte

  Possible Opposite Answer : forte

• The clue is 6. Flynn of Hollywood's Golden Age. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ERROL

• The clue is 7. 41, to 43. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: DAD

  Possible Answer: dada, pop, dad, daddy, papa, pappa, pa

• The clue is 8. Popular crowd. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: INS

  Possible Answer: IN, In, inch, in, INS, Indiana, Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service, atomic_number_49, indium, Hoosier_State

• The clue is 9. Top of the order?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ABBOT

  Possible Answer: abbot, archimandrite

• The clue is 10. Foot warmer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BOOTIE

  Possible Answer: bootie, bootee

• The clue is 11. Young male lover, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: BOYTOY

• The clue is 12. Foul shot following a basket, in hoops lingo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ANDONE

• The clue is 14. Blue reef fish. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TANG

  Possible Answer: bladderwrack, piquancy, savour, bladder_fucus, relish, sea_tang, tang, Fucus_serratus, piquance, sea_tangle, smack, flavour, sapidity, serrated_wrack, piquantness, black_rockweed, Tang_dynasty, Fucus_vesiculosus, Tang, nip, zest, tanginess, savor, flavor

• The clue is 18. Heartache. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: WOE

  Possible Answer: suffering, woe, woefulness

• The clue is 22. Reproductive cell. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GAMETE

  Possible Answer: gamete

• The clue is 25. Lover of Euridice, in opera. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ORFEO

• The clue is 26. Scratching post scratchers. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CATS

  Possible Answer: barf, retch, purge, regurgitate, true_cat, hombre, computerized_axial_tomography, be_sick, cat-o'-nine-tails, Arabian_tea, computed_axial_tomography, cast, spew, computed_tomography, African_tea, disgorge, computerized_tomography, honk, bozo, chuck, Caterpillar, qat, CT, vomit, regorge, CAT, vomit_up, guy, big_cat, sick, upchuck, spue, cat, khat, puke, throw_up, kat, quat

  Possible Opposite Answer : keep_down

• The clue is 28. Middle-of-the-road. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SOSO

• The clue is 32. With a clear head. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: SANELY

  Possible Answer: sanely, reasonably, sensibly

  Possible Opposite Answer : insanely, unreasonably

• The clue is 33. Zippo. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SQUAT

  Possible Answer: underslung, shit, jack, squatting, diddlyshit, squatty, scrunch, hunker_down, stumpy, low-set, knee_bend, diddly-squat, diddly-shit, dumpy, diddley, chunky, squat, crouch, doodly-squat, diddly, diddlysquat, scrunch_up, hunker

• The clue is 34. Sound asleep. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: OUT

  Possible Answer: come_out, taboo, kayoed, prohibited, KO'd, knocked_out, stunned, verboten, away, out, tabu, forbidden, proscribed, come_out_of_the_closet, extinct

  Possible Opposite Answer : safe

• The clue is 35. Formal ceremony. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: RITE

  Possible Answer: ritual, religious_rite, rite

• The clue is 37. About 2 1/2 pints of beer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: YARD

  Possible Answer: cubic_yard, one_thousand, railway_yard, grand, curtilage, K, chiliad, railyard, M, thousand, G, pace, 1000, yard, grounds, thou

• The clue is 38. Catchphrase for moviedom's "International Man of Mystery". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: OHBEHAVE

• The clue is 39. Vikings, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: NORSEMEN

  Possible Answer: Norseman, Norse, Norwegian

• The clue is 42. "That'll show ya!". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (7 letters)

  The answer: SOTHERE

• The clue is 43. Buns. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: PATOOT

• The clue is 44. Tough nut to crack. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: ENIGMA

  Possible Answer: brain-teaser, riddle, secret, closed_book, mystery, enigma, conundrum

• The clue is 45. Fitness fanatic, in slang. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (6 letters)

  The answer: GYMRAT

• The clue is 49. What seers read. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: OMENS

  Possible Answer: portent, betoken, prefigure, foreshadow, prognostic, predict, bode, foretell, prognostication, presage, portend, auspicate, omen, prognosticate, forecast, augur, prodigy

• The clue is 50. University of North Carolina team, to fans. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: HEELS

  Possible Answer: dog, cad, hound, bounder, list, reheel, blackguard, heel

• The clue is 51. Pastoral poems. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: IDYLS

  Possible Answer: bucolic, idyll, pastoral, pastorale, eclogue, idyl

• The clue is 52. Keanu Reeves role. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: NEO

  Possible Answer: neo

• The clue is 53. Stampeders in "The Lion King". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: GNUS

  Possible Answer: gnu, wildebeest

• The clue is 59. Spot-on. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: APT

  Possible Answer: clever, disposed, apt, pertinent, given, minded, liable, tending, apposite

• The clue is 60. Birthplace of bossa nova. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: RIO

  Possible Answer: Rio_de_Janeiro, Rio

• The clue is 61. Joke. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: GAG

  Possible Answer: jest, laugh, strangle, retch, heave, suffocate, fret, muzzle, choke, quip, gag, jape, joke